The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-05-14

upon such summons, refuse Or neg
lect to attend, with the tools deolg-
mated, and to their duty either Ia
person or BY sending i'll their place,
and to be accepted by the over
seer of the roads, an efficient hand
not subject to be called 20 work on
the public roads, shall forfeit and
nav the sum Of two dollars per day
for each person so ncg'octlng Or
refusing, to be recovered with costs,
pv Judgment before any justice Of the
peace in the ward, and paid by said
Justice to the ovcrsecr; and in default
of payment Of said fine, the persons
50 failing to pay shat. be imprisoned
in the parish prison thirty days,
said imprisonment to be enforced
by information or indictment before
tie District Court, and it shall! be
the duty Of the different road over.
seers Of the parish to furnish the
District Attorney with q list OF all
such persons who fail to pay said
fines without delay; provided that
anv person so sommoned shall be
excused from road duty, upon pay
ment to the road oyersecr by whom
he may be summoned, OF the sum OF
one dollar for each day he may be
so summoned, said sum to be paFa-
bic within the twenty.four hours
next after the Summons may be scrv'
ed upon him, otherwise the penalty
provided herein, shall be enforced
against him; said sum when so paid
over 70 the overseer, to be eXpend.
cd by him in hiring laborers to work
on said road, or purchasing material
at option Of the oversecr. That any
person who shall evade or seek to
evadc the road duty, by giving to
the overseer OF. his deputy when
called upon to perform the same, a
false name or age as his own, or
who shall refuse to give his name
shall pay a fine Of twenty-five $50
dollars and costs, the fine to
be recovered before the proper JUS
tice of the peace, upon complaint
Of any ovcrseer to that effect; and
in default of the payment Of the fine
within twenty-four hours after judg
ment, the person so in default shall
be imprisoned thirty days in the
parish prison, to be enforced 10y
indictment Or information before
the District Court. That no person
can be compelled to cross a navIga
BILE stream to work on a public
road when there is a public road or
his side Of said stream, except by
special act of the Police Jury.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A DAYS WORK.
SEC. II. Be it ordained, etc, Tha1
any person liable to do road duty
who shall in obedience to the sum
mons Of the ovcrscer, attend, anc
does not work faithfully, at leas'
eight hours during each day SO sum
moned, shall not be considered a;
having done a days work, and shall
he entitled to credit for only thu
time he works, and not for sucl
time as he may be in attendance
but idling.
IDLE TINE DEDUCTED.
SEC. l2. Be it ordained, etc, Tha
the oyersoer be and is hereby au
thorized to deduct the time SO ldle'
away, by such persons as may b
summoned to work or the pnbll'
road, and shall have the authority
TO continue to call them out frou
time to time, to make up the time s.
idlcd away, aud upon the failure Q
refusal of any person to attend upol
such summons to make up sucl
deficit, he shall be liable to tn
same fines imposed in Section i
upon persons failing, refusing
or n~eslccting to attend when sun
moned, said fines to be recovere'
in the manner provided III said sec
ton.
SEC. 10. Be it ordained, ETC., Tha
they be further required to constant
ly keep and maintain in good an
safe order The public roads in tn
district Of which they are ovcrseel
together with the necessary bridge
causcways, bitches, drains, mile pos
and direction boards thereon, an
when at work on a road AWAY